What happened in this inspection
Cal/OSHA opened an accident inspection of City of Palo Alto at 670 East Meadow Drive, Palo Alto (Santa Clara County) on Nov 16, 2019. It was a partial inspection focused on safety hazards. 100 employees were recorded at the site. The employer is a local government body. Inspectors issued 6 citations (6 serious) and proposed $85,500 in penalties; the current total is $68,175. 6 citations were contested before the Appeals Board. 2 citations were deleted on appeal and are not counted. The case closed on Nov 11, 2024. 1 worker died in the event that led to this inspection. The employer has 4 other inspections on its California record.
Citations
Each citation names the rule, its classification and the penalty as proposed and as it stands now.
Issued May 15, 2020. Proposed $6,750, current $675. 1 workers exposed. Contested Jul 2, 2020, final order Sep 27, 2024. Read the rule.
Issued May 15, 2020. Proposed $6,750, current $6,750. 1 workers exposed. Contested Jul 2, 2020, final order Sep 27, 2024. Read the rule.
Issued May 15, 2020. Proposed $18,000, current $18,000. 1 workers exposed. Contested Jul 2, 2020, final order Sep 27, 2024. Read the rule.
Issued May 15, 2020. Proposed $18,000, current $6,750. 1 workers exposed. Contested Jul 2, 2020, final order Sep 27, 2024. Read the rule.
Issued May 15, 2020. Proposed $18,000, current $18,000. 1 workers exposed. Contested Jul 2, 2020, final order Sep 27, 2024. Read the rule.
Issued May 15, 2020. Proposed $18,000, current $18,000. 1 workers exposed. Contested Jul 2, 2020, final order Sep 27, 2024. Read the rule.
Issued May 15, 2020. Proposed $560, current $0. 1 workers exposed. Contested Jul 2, 2020, final order Sep 27, 2024. Abatement due Jun 19, 2020. Read the rule.
Issued May 15, 2020. Proposed $18,000, current $0. 1 workers exposed. Contested Jul 2, 2020, final order Sep 27, 2024. Read the rule.
The accident
Keywords: boom truck,electrical,electrocuted,overhead power line,transformer 1 death
Your rights
If you worked at this site, the inspection file is a public record once the case closes; request it from the Cal/OSHA district office with activity number 344452875. A worker who reported the hazard, the injury or the inspection and was then fired, demoted or cut has a retaliation claim under Labor Code 6310, one year to file with the Labor Commissioner and longer to sue. Injuries themselves go through workers' compensation. Free, confidential review: (800) 371-3088.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, inspection 344452875, checked Nov 1, 2026. How to read a record. Back to the safety tracker.
About this data: Records come from the U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA enforcement datasets (inspection, violation, accident and accident injury tables), which carry Cal/OSHA's state-plan inspections alongside federal ones. We load every inspection of a California worksite opened since January 1, 2000 and refresh it weekly. Employer names, addresses and industry codes are as the inspecting office recorded them; similar names are grouped where they clearly refer to the same employer. A citation can be reduced, vacated or withdrawn on appeal, and an inspection can stay open for months, so a record can change. Penalties shown as "current" reflect the latest status in the federal file. This page is public information about the employer's regulatory record, not legal advice and not a statement that any person was harmed or any law broken beyond what the record states.